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Gambian president withdraws from Commonwealth meeting

afrol News, 19 November - The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has backed out on attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting scheduled next week in Port of Spain, a government statement has said.

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Human rights

"Strip Gambia off AU human rights body"

afrol News, 3 November - The world's major association of human rights organisations has called on the African Union (AU) to consider moving the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) from its headquarters in The Gambia, as it is now impossible for human rights groups to participate in sessions there.

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Politics | Society | Human rights

UN experts raise concern on Gambia's threats of rights defenders

afrol News, 9 October - The United Nations independent experts have today voiced deep concern for the security of human rights defenders attending a meeting next month in the Gambia after the country’s President recently made reported threats to kill them.

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CPJ calls on Gambia to end media hostilities

afrol News, 8 July - The Committee to Protect Journalist has called on the Gambian government to halt an unprecedented level of intimidation and detention of journalists by national security forces.

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Opposition leader calls for the release of journos

afrol News, 18 June - Gambian opposition leader Halifa Sallah has called on the release of journalists detained in the capital Banjul earlier this week.

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US senators petition Gambia in missing journalist's case

afrol News, 2 June - Five United States Senators have petitioned Gambian President Yahya Jammeh over the disappearance of the prominent journalist Ebrima Manneh three years ago.

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Economy - Development | Politics

Gambia let down by donors, tourists

afrol News, 22 May - The Gambia has mostly hit the international press lately when President Yayah Jammeh announced the flogging of gays, his miracle cure against AIDS and his obsession to hunt down witches. No wonder, then, that tourists and donors shy away and the economy is suffering.

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Politics | Society | Human rights

Gambia is liable for Ghanaian deaths - report

afrol News, 15 May - The joint UN and West African bloc (ECOWAS) fact-finding team has found the Gambian government liable for the disappearance of 44 Ghanaians and other West African nationals in the Gambia.

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ECOWAS asked to intervene on the missing journalist case

afrol News, 24 April - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has pleaded with the President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to meditate with the Gambian authorities in a case of a missing journalist, Ebrima Manneh since 2006.

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Economy - Development | Politics | Society

Madrid and Gambia seek to expand trade relations

afrol News, 23 April - The Chambers of Commerce of Madrid and Gambia have signed a collaboration agreement to promote trade relations. The agreement signed yesterday, seeks to promote the internationalisation of companies in Madrid and the African country and to increase bilateral trade relations.

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Society | Health

Malaria still main cause of deaths in Gambia

afrol News, 22 April - Malaria is the leading cause of school and work absenteeism and significantly affects social and economic development in The Gambia, the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) Deputy Programme Manager Adam Jagne-Sonko has said.

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Gambian poor hit by soaring prices

afrol News, 17 April - Gambian low income families have condemned the recent price hikes on basic commodities in the West African state saying it weighs heavily on poor households, local media have reported.

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Politics | Human rights | Society

Court releases opposition leader

afrol News, 19 March - The Gambian court has freed opposition leader Halifa Sallah from jail with all the charges against him dropped. Mr Sallah who was arrested earlier this month, was charged with spying, sedition and holding illegal meetings.

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Society | Human rights

1,000 alleged “Witches” kidnapped by security forces

afrol News, 18 March - Amnesty International has accused the Gambian authorities of kidnapping 1,000 people and taking to secret detention centres on its presidential campaign to crack down on alleged witches in the West African state.

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Society | Politics | Human rights

Gambian opposition formally charged

afrol News, 12 March - Gambia’s main opposition leader, Halifa Sallah, has been charged with spying and holding an illegal assembly by the Gambian court on Wednesday, local media has reported.

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» 09.03.2009 - Opposition leader arrested
» 17.02.2009 - British missionary in court again
» 16.12.2008 - RSF criticises continuing impunity in Gambia
» 05.12.2008 - Two Britons charged with sedition in Gambia
» 26.11.2008 - $40, 000 boost for Gambian community projects
» 19.11.2008 - Gambia rights violations seen as investor risk
» 12.11.2008 - Gambia facing economic slowdown
» 04.11.2008 - Dramatic fall in malaria in The Gambia
» 09.09.2008 - IMF disburse $3.1 million for Gambia
» 05.09.2008 - British engineer jumps Gambian jurisdiction
» 01.09.2008 - Gambia attains 6.5% economic growth
» 25.08.2008 - Tourist paedophile nabbed in Gambia
» 19.08.2008 - Gambian journalist found guilty of sedition
» 18.08.2008 - Joint probe on Ghanaian massacre
» 08.08.2008 - Court discharges Gambia's fired newspaper manager

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